Lahore Qalandars defeat Karachi Kings by 6 wickets in nail-biting contest

Kings’ Sharjeel Khan (64 off 39 balls) and Mohammad Nabi (57 off 35 balls) have been capable of steer the facet to the sizeable complete, after an early set again because the facet misplaced three wickets inside of 5 overs.

Nonetheless the Qalandars, when it was time for them to bat, have been persistent and regular of their chase, and managed to carry on to 6 wickets within the course of.

Opener Fakhar Zaman along with his knock of 83 off 54 supplied the impetus wanted for the facet to observe by after his departure at 17.2 overs and hit the goal.

His efforts have been aided by Ben Dunk (57 off 43) and David Wiese (31 off 9).

The build-up to the Karachi Kings-Lahore Qalandars match — dubbed the El Clásico of the PSL 2021 — had been large to say the least, contemplating that each side got here in from comparable positions, having received two out of their first three encounters.

Defending champions Kings had a slight edge over Qalandars on account of higher internet run fee (NRR) in addition to the benefit of the result of their face-off final 12 months in the course of the PSL 2020 last during which they defeated Qalandars.

The Qalandars’ efficiency, as we speak, nevertheless, confirmed that within the battle of the nerves, they will simply trounce any opponent.

In complete, the 2 arch-rivals have performed 12 matches, of which Karachi Kings bagged seven and Lahore Qalandars has now secured 5.